Festival of Stuff: Animatronics Masterclass

Back by popular demand, independent animatronics consultant and co-creator of Inkha (the robotic receptionist at Kings' College London) Matthew Walker will be leading this fantastic animatronic masterclass. 

Participants will build an animatronic copy of their own eye! The sessions will begin by demonstrating how to make a mould of your eye and how to use this to cast a latex copy of your eyelid. The next step will be to construct a mechanism to mount a doll's eyeball so that it can move from side to side, then stick the eyelids over them. You will even be able to take the eye home! 

The eye mechanism will be suitable for attaching to servo motors and an Arduino board at a later date if you want to automate the movement of your eye. There is a beginers Ardunio session in the morning if you wish to join please book. 

This masterclass is not suitble for under 11's, people between the ages of 11-18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Please let us know if you have any access requirements in order to attend this booking by emailing members@instituteofmaking.org.uk.

Contact events@instituteofmaking.org.uk if you have any additional questions.

We look forward to seeing you soon!